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Editor’s pick: Can’t I be vaguely vegan and healthy too? (2)

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Geoff Russell, St Morris, South Australia

It was great to see your leader on vegan eating (27 January, p 3) and the positive conclusion of Chelsea Whyte's article (p 26). But were the heavy-handed warnings consistent with the available evidence? They make it seem that it is only possible to be vegan if you are super-smart.

Evidence about the health benefits of plant-based diets comes from studies of normal people, not nutritional geniuses. Whatever challenges there are in finding a healthy diet, people on non-vegan diets are more likely to fail. New vegans should be warned that standard dietary advice about saturated fat, sugar and …